First it was the kitchen table. That large, beautiful wooden number that filled out the petite dining room and made such a grand display as it divided the living room from the kitchen. And then the den upstairs slowly started to filter out. People flitted in and out to and from stopping by, speaking Spanish asking to see the spoils.

And then ( Read more... )

What a completely random weekend. And what a completely random way to spend it. The weekend went on and on and on. It literally never stopped. And it all began by nearly sleeping Saturday away. “It was a beautiful day outside,” just about everyone had said. But “beautiful” is defined by sheep as “warm and sunny.” I find beauty in other climatic ( Read more... )

Talking and talking and talking. It seems as though all we do is talk. But not really. Not really saying anything that’s on either of our minds. Not until two nights ago when we stayed up past sun rise. Not until the car ride home from work Monday when he brought up the issue of moving. “So what are we going to do about moving because I’ll ( Read more... )

One day after the arm of this thankless job has extended its last desperate reach maybe I can look back and appreciate things for what they were. For now I wallow in only the most dramatically morose appreciation. To translate, I'm not sure how much longer I can take these late night hours. Delirium is upon me. And my mood grows sour as each ( Read more... )

I’m trying so hard to get thru the Dark Tower series again at work. Flash forward five years and it's nearly impossible to listen to anything at all let alone delegate the amount of focus needed on the linear threading of audiobooks. I've been listening to "Wizard and Glass" now for over a month. It was my favourite book in the series and I ( Read more... )

My sleeping pattern is completely out of sync. That may have much to do with escaping from the basement of a friend's bedroom at quarter to 1 with having been asleep for only three hours. I awoke to my own biological clock rather than my sleepy alarm which for some reason rang ten minutes later than I had set it which leads me to believe that ( Read more... )

I'm running on empty tonight. Egads! Working the first full night's shift since the great ice storm was grueling.
I crept out yesterday sometime around 4:30 with the intentions of working a half-shift. A part of me wanted to stay in but another part felt compelled to drive forward and at least simulate productivity less I fall prey to a ( Read more... )

They say the signs of the Zodiac are changing. And if it be true, then let it be so. For I’d fall into the realm of the Age of Aquarius.

And if the moon bears any indication - the stars would simply fall from the sky before shining outside of this window with more changes in mood than the Chinese Zodiac.

God, the irritated manner that some ( Read more... )

 life as it stands? Not so harmonious right now to tell you truthfully. I’ve had a better time of things. What with being cooped indoors for three days straight due to an ice storm that’s incapacitated Atlanta. Add that to the strain between the boy wonder and I that seems to only be heightened since the strike of the clock on New Years. I can’t ( Read more... )

I have a secret to tell. It’s a pretty big one. I think I probably keep more things hidden than I let on but I’ve only told a few people that in less than ten days I’ll be in Norway.

On a whim Danny and I decided to embark on a European trip during the last week of the year. We’ve had this time scheduled off for a year now anyway and with no ( Read more... )